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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Najib Jobain,Samya Kullab,Ravi Nessman and Matthew Lee

Gaza's doctors struggle to save hospital blast survivors as Middle East rage grows

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Doctors in Gaza City faced with dwindling medical supplies performed surgery on hospital floors, often without anesthesia, in a desperate bid to save badly wounded victims of a massive blast that killed hundreds of Palestinians sheltering in a nearby hospital amid Israeli bombings and a blockade of the territory.

The Hamas militant group blamed the blast on an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants. At least 500 people were killed, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said.

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